The Role of the Maridi Dam in Causing an Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy Epidemic in Maridi, South Sudan: An Epidemiological, Sociological, and Entomological Study
T. L. Lakwo, S. Raimon, M. Tionga, J. M. Siewe Fodjo, P. Alinda, W. J. Sebit, J. Y. Carter, R. Colebunders
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April
2020
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South Sudan
Focus areas
Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)
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This study investigated the role of the Maridi dam in causing an onchocerciasis ('river blindness')-associated epilepsy epidemic in these villages in South Sudan.
The study concluded that the transmission rates are high and that suitable breeding conditions, coupled with suboptimal control measures have played a role in causing an epilepsy (including nodding syndrome) epidemic in the Maridi area.
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